by Hugh Ambrose
Kansas City Star, 199, 200
KFQX Radio Station, 111, 128, 141
King, William, 137, 138
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 131, 132
La Guardia, Fiorello, 158, 223
Ladies’ Home Journal, 231, 237
Laughlin, Gail, 84
League of Nations, 20, 26, 27, 32
League of Women Voters (LWV), 9, 14, 19–20, 22, 28, 32–33, 44, 48, 50, 79–80, 100–1, 192, 197
Light-beer-and-wine bill, 23, 281
Lincoln, Abraham, 115, 133, 196
Livermore, Henrietta (Mrs. Arthur L.), 10, 20–22, 28, 29, 38, 39, 42, 45–46, 48, 49, 88, 108, 262
Livermore Bill, 70
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 145
Longworth, Nicholas, 145
Lord’s Day Alliance, 48, 49
Los Angeles, California, 74–75, 78
Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office, 12–13, 15
Los Angeles Republican Party, 11–12
Los Angeles Times, 15
Lyle, Roy, 57–60, 62–68, 72–75, 77, 78, 97–99, 117, 127–29, 152, 162, 175, 177, 180, 184–86, 190, 195–96, 210–12, 228, 229, 241–42, 250, 254, 258, 259
MacDonald, Donald A., 5, 6, 36–37, 57
Macy, W. Kingsland, 216
Maternity and infant care, 33, 82
Mayer, Louis, 279
McDonald, George H., 131–32
McGinnies Bill, 90
McKinney, Clifford, 118–19, 162, 241, 250, 256
McLean, John, 119
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, 151–53, 189, 241, 251, 252, 255, 259, 263
McReynolds, James C., 69
Meadowdale station, 1, 5
Mellon, Andrew, 85, 107, 112, 122, 135, 138, 176
Mental Hygiene, Department of, 140
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals, 268, 269
MGM Studios, 279
Michelet, Simon, 222
Miller, Nathan L., 45, 46, 49, 82–83, 225
Mills, Ogden, 164, 168, 200
Mitchell, William, 225–27, 230, 243
Morgan, Helen, 231
Moriarty, Charles, 258–59
Morris, George, 88
Morris, Norman, 195
Morrison, Mrs. James W., 34
Morton, Joy, 16n
Motion Picture Theatrical Association, 49
Mullan-Gage Act, 95, 129
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 197
National American Women’s Suffrage Association, 9n
National Civic Federation, 140
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Commission), 245, 262
National Consumers League, 48, 81
National Council of Women, 48
National Get-Out-the-Vote Club, 222
National Prohibition Act, 37, 67, 92, 94, 250
National Reform Week, 270, 271
National Woman’s Party, 80–82, 129, 197, 269
Naval Radio Service, 80
Neterer, Jeremiah, 128–29, 147–48, 150, 155–56, 161
New York City Republican Ways and Means Committee, 22, 28, 45
New York Evening Post, 173, 180
New York Republican Convention, 82
New York Republican State Committee, 82
New York Times, 35, 38, 40–42, 46, 116, 137, 215, 274
New York Women’s Committee for Law Enforcement, 114
New York World, 249
New Yorker, 226
Newton, Walter, 218–20
Nicholson, S. E., 169
Nicoll, Mrs. Courtlandt, 234, 267, 281
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, 7, 9, 10n, 15, 26, 39, 41, 42, 44, 69, 81, 102, 104, 115, 116, 157
Norcross, Judge, 259
O’Day, Caroline, 131
Oftedal, Alf, 177, 180, 195, 210, 211, 228, 243, 252
Olmstead, Elsie Potter, 74, 78, 79, 110, 111, 126–28, 141, 148, 161, 253, 263
Olmstead, Mrs., 148
Olmstead, Roy, 1–3, 59, 71–75, 95, 232, 253, 255–56
appeals by, 181
arrests of, 4–5, 77, 79, 142, 186
customer network of, 94
guilty verdict for, 156
Hubbard, Alfred M. and, 141, 162, 163, 182, 258
marriages of, 110–11
in prison, 188, 189, 199, 241, 263
raid on house of, 126–27
sale of home of, 161
sentence of, 161, 263
smuggling ring of, 77–79
Supreme Court case and, 195, 197–98, 203, 263
trials of, 6, 36–37, 78–79, 83, 110, 135–36, 140–41, 147–56, 184–89, 211, 257, 259
wiretapping of, 117–19, 125–26, 128, 135, 148–51, 153–56, 181, 189, 195, 198, 203, 263
Woodmont Beach bust and, 142, 162, 187, 188
Olmstead, Viola, 110–11
Olmstead v. U.S. (1928), 195
Olympic Repair Shop, Seattle, 125
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, 72–74
Pacific Northwest District, 58
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), 48
Park, Maude Wood, 32, 48
Parker, C. H., 59–60
Peabody, Mrs. Henry, 199–200, 247
Perkins, Frances, 81
Philadelphia Ledger, 180
Point Lobos, California, 77–79
Poland, Orville, 129–30, 146
Political Education, Department of, 140
Pope, James, 84, 87, 121–22
President (steamship), 74
Presidential elections
1912, 10, 252
1920, 10, 21–22, 24–35, 37–42, 44–46, 116, 134
1924, 87, 107, 108, 114–16, 124–25, 207, 208
1928, 180, 183, 190–94, 196–97, 207–8, 212–23, 240, 299–05
1932, 263, 265, 269–70, 273–74, 276–77, 279
Prince Albert (steamship), 71
Privacy rights, 153, 155, 198, 203, 263, 272
Progressive Party, 25
Progressivism, 26, 50
Prohibition, 2–8, 15, 19–23, 27, 30, 31, 33, 36, 39–41, 46–48, 54, 56–66, 71–75, 97–99, 113–14, 130, 135–38, 145–46, 145–52, 158–60
enforcement of, 76, 95, 165–66, 186–88, 193–94, 197, 199–200, 203, 207–12, 217–18, 227–32, 237–42, 245–46, 254–59
repeal of, 167, 197, 206, 207, 214, 215, 233–36, 246–51, 261–84
state referendums on, 171–72
Prohibition Unit, 4, 5, 58, 59, 63, 64, 67, 73, 79, 83, 91, 94, 97–99, 117, 128, 141, 142, 159, 162, 176–77, 182, 184, 187–89, 195, 229, 238, 256, 257, 259
Prostitution, 11, 13, 53, 58
Puget Sound, 1–3, 72, 73, 253
Radio Act of 1927, 80n
Raskob, John, 274
Red Cross, 18
Reed, James, 160
Regan, Leonard, 74
Remus, George, 92–93, 232
Republican National Committee, 10, 201, 212, 217, 219, 222
Republican National Conventions, 22, 27–35, 38, 192, 199–205, 273
Republican Woman, The (newsletter), 88
Revelle, Thomas, 60, 62–63, 98, 118, 135, 136, 140, 142, 148, 150–52, 154, 155, 162, 175–81, 184–85, 187–90, 195–96, 198–99, 211, 241, 250, 255–57
Roberts, Albert, 44
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 33
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 170, 186
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 270, 274, 276, 281, 282
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Jr., 8
Roosevelt, Theodore, 25, 33
Roosevelt, Theodore Jr., 8, 80–81, 269–70
Root, Elihu, 30–31
Ruby case, 240
Sabin, Charles H. “Charlie,” 17–18, 28, 70, 100, 109, 114, 132, 139, 158, 173, 235, 236, 274, 283, 284
Sabin, Pauline (Mrs. Charles)
bipartisanship and, 139–40
children of, 16
criticism of, 131–32, 174, 235
death of husband of, 283, 284
divorce of, 17
on equal rights, 81, 82, 90
League of Women Voters (LWV) and, 100–1
Livermore, Henrietta and, 88
as lobbyist, 70
marriages of, 16, 17, 114
1926 congressional campaign and, 164, 166, 168–71
1924 presidential election and, 124–25
1928 presidential election and, 190–92, 200, 201, 203, 204, 207–8, 212–13, 215, 216, 219, 222
1932 presidential election and, 263, 273–74, 277, 279
political activities of (early), 10, 16, 18–23, 28, 30, 31, 37–39, 41, 45, 48, 49, 89, 275
Prohibition, beliefs about, 7–8, 100, 109, 114, 157, 164, 166, 169, 194, 206–8, 222, 233–36, 246–49, 262–63, 265–84
at Republican women’s conference (1927), 172–74
Roosevelt, Eleanor, debate with, 170, 186
Roosevelt, Theodore Jr. and, 80, 81, 269–70
as single mother and businesswoman, 17
stature of, 8, 70, 186
suffrage movement and, 18
on Time magazine cover, 275
Wadsworth, James W. Jr. and, 30, 41, 100–2, 131, 144, 145, 156–57, 169–71
wealth of, 16
on Women’s Advisory Council, 88–89
Women’s National Republican Club (WNRC) and, 49–50, 69, 82, 104–5, 123, 144, 145, 262
Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Repeal (WONPR) and, 234–37, 247–49, 262–65, 267–68, 270–76, 278–84
Women’s State Executive Committee and, 48, 82
World War I and, 17–18
Sabines, 264
Salter, Leslie, 258
Salvation Army, 271
Samish Island, 178
San Francisco, California, 73, 74, 78, 126
Saratoga Springs convention, 40–41, 45
Savage, Anthony, 211
School of Public Speaking, 266
Scotland, 126
Searing, William, 59
Seattle, Washington, 1–4, 58–60, 63, 65, 66, 72–74, 78, 94, 98, 117–19, 125, 126, 135–36, 141–42, 147–52
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 241
Seattle Times, 135, 148, 151, 178
Secret Service, 134, 135
Sheppard-Towner Bill, 33
Shinn, Anne O’Hagan, 116
Shortridge, Samuel, 52–54, 105, 112, 113, 169, 170
Sippel, Mrs. John, 247
Smith, Al, 46, 49, 82–83, 87, 95, 131, 146, 147, 164, 165, 192, 193, 197, 203, 208, 209, 212–21, 240, 274
Smith, J. Hopkins, 16, 17
Smith, Jess, 87
Smith, Moe, 109
Southampton, New York, 10, 18–19, 39, 132
Southern Pacific Railroad, 25, 54–55
States’ rights, 146, 157
Stone, Harlan, 112–13, 135, 198
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 106
Strait of Juan de Fuca, 3, 72
Suffolk County Republican Party, 10, 18, 39
Sullivan, Jack, 6
Supreme Court of the United States, 6, 23, 30, 40, 69, 70, 156, 161, 189, 195, 197–98, 203, 239–40, 263
Taft, William Howard, 70, 197–98
Tammany Hall, 19, 87, 169, 218
Teapot Dome scandal, 105–6
Tennessee legislature, 44
Testamentary rights, 14, 42–43
Time magazine, 275
Treasury, U.S. Department of the, 107, 122, 138, 177, 185, 229–30, 238, 243, 256
Intelligence Unit, 90, 91
Tuskawa (steamship), 71
Tuttle, Charles, 209–10
Twentieth Prohibition District, 58
Ungerleider, Abe, 134
Ungerleider, Sam, 134
United Repeal Council, 276
U.S. Coast Guard, 2, 5, 98, 113, 178, 253
U.S. Commissioners of the Courts, 159
U.S. Customs, 59, 65, 176
U.S. Marshals, 98, 178, 243
U.S. v. Carroll, 239
U.S. v. Donnelly, 240
U.S. v. Marron, 239
Upton, Harriet Taylor, 38, 85, 115, 219
Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Coffin, 193
Van Zile, Mrs. Edward, 192
Vancouver, British Columbia, 2, 65, 71
Vanderbilt, Cornelius III, 8
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius III, 8
Vanderbilt Hotel, New York, 38
Vanderlip, Mrs. Frank, 19–21
Vanderveer, George, 149–51, 154–56
Vanity Fair, 263–64
Versailles, Treaty of, 20, 21, 27
Victoria, British Columbia, 2, 3, 74
Vincent, Mrs., 211
Volstead, Andrew, 243
Volstead Enforcement Act, 21, 23, 36, 47, 51, 60, 61, 65–67, 76, 93, 95, 110, 136, 145, 146, 158, 159, 162, 165, 167–69, 172, 176, 197, 203, 206, 215, 216, 232, 235, 238, 240, 242, 246, 251, 265, 266, 281
Voter turnout, 140, 212–14, 216, 222
Wadsworth, James W. Jr., 10, 28, 31, 34, 35, 42, 45–46, 87, 140, 146, 173, 222, 235, 248
child labor and, 101–4
1926 congressional election and, 19–20, 38, 45–46, 88, 165–72, 174
1928 presidential election and, 191, 215–16
Prohibition, views on, 9, 20, 21, 39–41, 76, 101, 113–14, 129–30, 165–69, 171, 191, 215–16
Sabin, Pauline and, 30, 41, 100–2, 131, 144, 145, 156–57, 169–71
women’s suffrage and, 9, 21, 39, 41, 101, 129
Wadsworth-Garrett amendment, 102–3
Wagner, Robert, 168, 170, 171
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, 28, 145, 192
Walker, David, 55, 107, 122, 123, 133, 138, 153, 204, 223, 226
Walker, Myrtle, 55, 96–97, 107, 122, 123, 133, 138, 139, 153, 204, 223, 226
Wardwell, Florence, 88, 191–92
Washington Post, 193–94, 202, 209, 231
Wells, H. G., 133
Western Freighters, 71
Wheeler, Wayne, 107
White, Mrs. Edward, 181
White Pine Camp, 166
Whitney, Clara, 118, 127, 149, 155
Whitney, William, 63–64, 66, 67, 72, 74, 75, 77–79, 97–99, 109–10, 117–19, 125–29, 135, 141–42, 148–52, 154–56, 161–63, 175–80, 182, 184, 187, 189–90, 195–96, 210–12, 227–28, 241–43, 250–59
Wickersham, George, 139–40, 245
Willebrandt, Arthur F., 15, 52, 96
Willebrandt, Dorothy, 139, 143, 144, 153, 184, 245
Willebrandt, Mabel Walker (Mrs. Arthur F.)
adopted daughter of, 122, 139, 143, 144, 184, 245
appearance of, 11, 53
as assistant attorney general, 51, 54–55, 60–62, 68–69, 83–87, 90–94, 106–7, 111–13, 121–22, 133–38, 140, 144, 151, 152, 158–60, 170, 172, 174–77, 179, 181, 184–85, 188, 194, 208–9, 211, 222, 225–26, 228–32, 238, 244, 251–52, 254–59
aviation and, 278–79
community property issue and, 43, 46, 70, 111–13, 129
Daugherty, Harry, loyalty to, 106, 112, 134
dreams for family of, 122–23, 139, 144, 245
drink recipe by, 260
at Fruit Industries, 260–61, 266
Grossberg case and, 133–34
Haar case and, 83–84, 85, 90–92, 232
/> Harding, Warren and, 61, 87
hearing loss of, 85–86, 138–39
Hoover, Herbert and, 224–27, 230–32
Horowitz, Fred and, 96, 123, 143–44, 153, 245
Hubbard, Alfred M. and, 228–29
“Inside of Prohibition, The” by, 237–40
Johnson, Hiram and, 25–27, 54, 69, 83–84, 86, 87, 105, 169–70
judgeship issue and, 86, 97, 105, 121, 133, 138, 154, 169, 170
La Guardia, Fiorello and, 223
law practice of, 12, 62, 278
as legal counsel to Women’s Legislative Council, 14, 15
with Los Angeles Public Defender’s Office, 12–13, 15, 139
marriage of, 52, 96, 123, 143
McNeil Island federal penitentiary, visit to, 151–53
Mellon, Andrew and, 85, 135, 138
Mitchell, William and, 225–27, 230
1922 congressional campaign and, 83–84
1926 congressional campaign and, 169–70
1924 presidential election and, 115
1928 presidential election and, 193–94, 196, 201–2, 204–5, 217–21, 223
Olmstead case and, 135, 151–53, 232
personality of, 11, 84, 194
political activities of (early), 24–27, 44–45, 50–52
on professional women, 244–45, 279
Prohibition, beliefs about, 7–8, 52, 113, 120–22, 133–38, 158–60, 170, 184–85, 193–96, 204, 208–9, 211, 212, 217–18, 224, 227–32, 237–40, 254–59, 261, 273, 278
prostitution cases and, 13
Remus case and, 92–93, 232
resignation of, 222–23, 226, 230–32, 237, 243
Senate subcommittee appearance of, 136–38, 158–60
Smith, Al and, 217–19
on women on juries, 194
Women’s Bar Association, speech to, 70
youth of, 55
Williams, John, 98
Wilson, Clarence True, 268, 269
Wilson, Woodrow, 26, 27, 32, 45
Winter, Mrs. Thomas, 215
Wiretapping, 117–19, 125–26, 128, 135, 148–51, 153–56, 181, 189, 195, 198, 203, 263, 272
Women’s Advisory Council to the Republican National Committee, 88–89, 101
Women’s Bar Association, 70
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), 9, 14, 20, 22, 40, 46–48, 52, 57, 63, 99, 102, 145–47, 171–73, 181, 193, 197, 211, 233–35, 239, 247, 264, 265, 271, 278
Women’s Joint Congressional Committee (WJCC), 48, 50
Women’s Legislative Council of California, 14, 15, 43, 47, 70
Women’s National Committee on Law Enforcement, 180–81, 199, 247
Women’s National Republican Club (WNRC), 49–50, 69, 80, 82, 87–88, 101–3, 104–5, 123, 144, 145, 180–81, 192, 214, 215, 247, 262